Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verses 1.18.4-5, English translation, including word-by-word: This text represents a Vaishnava scripture which narrates the life Krishna, It was composed in seventeen cantos by Garga Muni: an ancient sage and priest of the Yadu dynasty having. This is verse 1 of Chapter 18 (Vision of the Universal Form) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verses 1.18.4-5
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नारद उवाच
गायश् च विमलः श्रीशः
श्रीधरो मङ्गलायनः
मङ्गलो रङ्गवल्लीशो
रङ्गोजिर् देवनायकः
नन्द-नन्दाश् च कथिता
बभूवुर् गोकुले व्रजे
śrī-nārada uvāca
gāyaś ca vimalaḥ śrīśaḥ
śrīdharo maṅgalāyanaḥ
maṅgalo raṅgavallīśo
raṅgojir devanāyakaḥ
nanda-nandāś ca kathitā
babhūvur gokule vraje
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; gāyaḥ—Gāya; ca—and; vimalaḥ—Vimala; śrīśaḥ—Śrīśa; śrīdharaḥ—Śrīdhara; maṅgalāyanaḥ—Maṅgalāyana; maṅgalaḥ—Maṅgala; raṅgavallīśaḥ—Raṅgavallīśa; raṅgojiḥ—Raṅgoji; devanāyakaḥ—Devanāyaka; nava-nandāḥ—the nine Nandas; ca—also; kathitāḥ—said; babhūvuḥ—were; gokule—in Gokula; vraje—in Vraja.
English translation of verses 1.18.4-5:
Śrī Nārada said: Gāya, Vimala, Śrīśa, Śrīdhara, Maṅgalāyana, Maṅgala, Raṅgavallīśa, Raṅgoji, and Devanāyaka were the nine Nandas in Gokula Vraja.